What does a Waterbirds reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Waterbirds looks like this: Rivera, M., and D. Chen. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.

How can I generate a Waterbirds citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Waterbirds as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

Waterbirds Citation Generator

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Waterbirds citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Waterbirds — an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author:

Journal article: Rivera, M., and D. Chen. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.
Book: Okafor, A. 2019. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. University Press, Cambridge.
Website: Larsen, S. 2023. How peer review works. Open Science Digest. https://www.example.org/peer-review, accessed, January 10, 2024.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen 2021)

About Waterbirds

Citation style for Waterbirds. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Waterbirds: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Waterbirds style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: biology.

How to use this Waterbirds generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Waterbirds" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Waterbirds

What is Waterbirds?: Citation style for Waterbirds. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Waterbirds?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Waterbirds style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Waterbirds?: Waterbirds is an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: (Rivera and Chen 2021)
What does a Waterbirds reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Waterbirds looks like this: Rivera, M., and D. Chen. 2021. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12: 145–162.
How can I generate a Waterbirds citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Waterbirds as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.